Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Purchased by Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP

Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 360.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 341 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 267 shares during the quarter. Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $106,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 69.0% in the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 98 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 62.7% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. SouthState Corp increased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 88.1% in the second quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 111 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth $41,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on Verisk Analytics from $314.00 to $250.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $239.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Barclays raised shares of Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $310.00 to $275.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Argus lowered shares of Verisk Analytics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $282.14.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $223.16 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $233.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $272.60. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $196.99 and a 52-week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $768.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.42% and a return on equity of 425.42%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.67 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 15th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 27.44%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,100 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.99, for a total transaction of $238,689.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 77,807 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,883,340.93. This trade represents a 1.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total value of $1,436,300.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 54,337 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,399,305. This represents a 9.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 1,450 shares of company stock worth $314,663 and sold 7,420 shares worth $1,889,171. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Verisk Analytics Company Profile

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.